Dr. Canter is a 1964 graduate of the University of Southern California (USC). He was an assistant Professor at the USC from 1966 through 1976 and presently maintains a private practice limited to periodontics in Woodland, California. Dr. Canter is a founding member of the Simon Wiesenthal Center and founder and principal supporter of the Foundation for the Respect and Tolerance in the Czech Republic. Dr. Canter's project "Books and Education for Students" is supported by his wife Janet C. Canter, who is active in the Public and Private Sector Charitable Works and by theirs sons - Shawn Canter of Global Investment Banking and Chip Canter, who works in the National and International Telecommunications. Dr. Canter is known as the inventor, international consultant and collector of Judaica and Jewish books.